Residents return to homes in Holliston after brief evacuation

Residents evacuated this morning from eight homes on Pleasant Street after a Highway Department crew hit a gas main were allowed to return after about an hour, once the gas was shut off by NStar. Residents were evacuated as a precaution, Police Chief John Moore said.

Residents evacuated this morning from eight homes on Pleasant Street after a Highway Department crew hit a gas main were allowed to return after about an hour, once the gas was shut off by NStar. Residents were evacuated as a precaution, Police Chief John Moore said.

After a call came in around 8:40 a.m. that a gas line had been hit, police and firefighters evacuated nearby buildings.

The Highway Department crew was working on an ongoing project to address drainage problems in the Mudville neighborhood, and struck the pipe inside a storm drain cover, Moore said. It was unclear if Dig Safe was called, or had needed to be, he said.